Question 2: breeding methods and precautions of myna belong to birds, passeriformes and Sinipercidae, also known as Sparidae. It is smart, studious, lively and lovely. After training, it can learn simple human languages and songs and talk with people, so it is deeply loved by people. The top-grade myna who can sing and dance is expensive in the market. Therefore, raising myna is a way to get rich quickly.
First, the biological characteristics of myna.
Myna's whole body is black and shiny, with a white feather in the middle of each wing feather and a scattered white feather on the tail feather. The upper beak and nostrils reach the front of the head, with radial crown feathers, which are beautiful and loud. Myna is mainly distributed in the south of China. Myna is afraid of cold, not easy to get sick, and has a wide range of eating habits. Meat, various insects, Monopterus albus, maggots, plant seeds, fruits and rice are all delicious.
Second, choose chickens and birds.
To domesticate myna, we should choose fluffy chicks that have not left the nest or chicks that have just hatched, grown feathers and started to learn to fly. High-quality chicks should have the characteristics of well-developed, large-sized, lively and active, quick response to the external environment, loud cries and chirping. Eyes bright and bright, yellow-green, beak thin and short, jade white, or with a small number of black spots is preferred. After the feathers grow, there are five obvious white hair areas all over the body, which is the top grade myna.
Choose a trained myna: mainly according to the number of words it has learned, the clarity, whether it can talk freely with people, the frequency of speaking, etc. From the appearance, the colors of myna's eyes are cinnabar eyes, golden eyes, light yellow eyes and black eyes, among which cinnabar eyes are top grade, but they are rare. Golden eyes are also top grade, light yellow eyes are average, and dark eyes are the worst. The upper and lower beaks are neat and seamless, thin and short, crossed, too long or with gaps. The color of feet should be jade white. Pale yellow is better, waxy yellow is general, and black is the worst.
Third, feeding and * * *
1, cage:
Myna cages include round domes, round flat-topped cages and square domes (both about 40cm in diameter and height). There is a jumping stick, a vegetable bowl and a water bowl in the cage. The bottom of the cage is equipped with dung boards and bamboo boards for holding meat. Put on a prison uniform outside.
2. Feeding management:
After the chickens bought are completely edible, they are fed with boiled eggs, steamed bread, rice, tofu, insects, eels, frogs, beef or lean pork. Live eels and frogs can be chopped into paste. Feed 3 ~ 5 groups at a time until the chicks are full. After feeding, use the dropper to absorb water and feed a little water into its mouth, every 1 ~ 2 hours/time. You can put the fluffy chicken in the paper box first, put some rags in the middle, feed it and put it in the nest, and put the nest in the dark. It is best to feed a litter of fluffy chicks together, so that the chicks can keep warm with each other.
Young chicks who have learned to eat food should add egg yolk and drinking water to the cage every day, and the amount should not be too full to prevent young chicks from having the habit of picky eaters. Hang the birdcage in front of the window or outdoors every morning, breathe 1 ~ 1.5 hours of fresh air, and then take it back indoors. At noon, put the birdcage into the basin, and the water level is about 5cm above the bottom of the cage, so that it can take a bath. Take off the manure board at the bottom of the cage before taking a bath, put it on again after taking a bath, and then hang it in the window or outdoor drying cage 1 ~ 1.5 hours. In addition to feeding egg yolk and drinking water, chicks should also supplement some bait such as lean meat and insects. Don't leave without eating or drinking. When taking birds out in cold winter, cover them with cage clothes.
3. * * * Myna learns human language.
The better the quality of chicks, the more frequent their calls. When chickens croak, they can begin to learn human language. The method is to start with simple pronunciation and gradually combine it into short language. When it barks, simple voices such as ah, ba, de, hello, ha, le, etc. Gradually transition to a simple language. For example, myna, the cat is coming, meow, you are waiting.
During study, you need to twist your tongue. When chickens bark frequently, it is necessary to observe the tenderness of tongue cocoon skin. It is best to twist your tongue when the cocoon skin is long, but it is not thick enough for the elders. The first tongue twisting of chicks occurred from the end of June to the middle of July. Tongue twisting should be done at night. The way to twist the tongue is to fix the chicken with your left hand and pull out its tongue, and twist the tongue with your right index finger and thumb.
To prevent the tongue from slipping, the forefinger and the base of the tongue should be smeared with incense ashes. When twisting, put your tongue on your index finger, press your tongue with your thumb, and gently twist it left and right to separate the cocoon skin from your tongue. The quality of this treatment is the key to myna's language learning. Improper tongue distortion will lead to language learning failure, and even lead to the death of chickens without food. Twisting your tongue for the second time at the end of September, 65438+ 10 excellent chicks can speak human words.
If the little penguin couldn't learn human language before the Spring Festival that year, it was because the pronunciation was basically stereotyped, so he couldn't learn it. Training myna, constantly learning new people ... >>
Question 3: How to cultivate myna breeding method: Selection of the first litter and early nesting: Generally speaking, the first litter (4-6 chicks) was hatched by healthy males and females, and the earliest chicks in the first litter had the best quality. Therefore, experienced bird people will buy chicks as soon as they come into the market, or go to myna's nest at this time. Because young birds are stronger than young birds, they are easy to raise artificially and have a high survival rate. Relatively speaking, the chicks in the second nest are worse than those in the first nest, and the success rate of pitch training is lower than that in the first nest. Selection of chicks with ideal coat color characteristics: According to ancestral experience, high-quality chicks should have the characteristics of "five whites": the white feather spots on the wings are obviously "one white", the white feather spots on the tail feathers are increasingly "two white", the belly feathers between legs are gray, and the gray feather spots between legs extend to the chest are "four white". But this "five-white" chick is often very rare. Especially on both sides of the eyes, pale gray feather spots are rarely seen.
After long-term observation, it is found that the above "five whites" are more obvious in men; However, the white feather spots on the wings and tail of female chicks are few and inconspicuous, and the crotch and abdomen are almost black. In addition, there are many artificial birds, and all-white claws are also a sign of good quality. People call all white claws "jade feet and jade claws". It is characteristic of compact and meticulous birds. This kind of bird is smart, lively, quick-thinking and easy to train successfully. On the contrary, those with black feet and claws (commonly known as "iron feet and claws") are the characteristics of loose and rough birds. This kind of bird is clumsy and slow by nature, and it is not easy to be successfully trained.
Selection of high-quality nest chicks: As we all know, there are two kinds of nest sites for myna: one is a tree nest (or a magpie's lair); But caves, such as caves, tree holes, old eaves and so on. The quality of chicks hatched from these two nests is different. Generally, adult birds that choose to nest in trees are mostly strong and high-quality adult birds, which are characterized by strong nesting ability and vigorous energy. Lively and energetic, their songs are high and changeable, and they have strong resistance. Sometimes they all compete with magpies for the nest. Their nests in the tall trees are fine, and the quality of the hatched chickens is good, but it is difficult to catch them. However, adult birds nesting in caves, tree holes and other places have poor nesting ability, less energy and singing than those nesting in trees, and poor resistance. The quality of their nests is poor, and the quality of their hatched chickens is also poor, but it is easier to catch chickens.
Sex selection of chicks: whether to choose male chicks or female chicks, there are different opinions. There are many sayings that male chicks are superior to female chicks. Generally speaking, male chicks are lively, diligent in singing and imitating human language during the breeding season, and their songs are loud, and the frequency of singing and imitating human language is higher than that of female chicks. In appearance, the male bird has a large body, a large and slightly flat head and a thick and long neck. Badminton is light black, and its "five whites" feature is obvious. Female chicks, on the other hand, are quiet, learn human language and have a low voice. They learn human language in fewer ways than male chicks, and they are less likely to imitate the calls of other birds and animals. People call it "no clever mouth". From the appearance, the female bird has a big round head and a thin and short mouth; Black and white badminton spots are not obvious.
One. The staple food of adult birds
The staple food of adult birds is egg yolk rice, which has two kinds:
1) Egg yolk rice
Ingredients: 250g of rice and 2 egg yolks.
Production: put the washed and dried rice into a pot with a few drops of cooking oil in advance, stir-fry with slow fire, add egg yolk and stir-fry constantly. When the water vapor gradually dissipates and the egg yolk adheres to the surface of the rice grains evenly, when the rice grains are dry, loose, fragrant and not sticky, the fire can be stopped and the egg yolk rice can be fried.
Egg yolk rice is nutritious, because myna can eat it by herself, so it can be used as a staple food.
2) Egg yolk millet
Ingredients: 300 grams of millet and 2 egg yolks.
Production: The production of egg yolk millet is basically the same as that of egg yolk rice.
The above two kinds of dark yellow rice should be eaten for 7 ~ 10 days at a time. Especially in rainy season, the climate is humid, and the storage time should not be too long to avoid mildew.
Two. Chicken's staple food and complementary food
1) steamed bread paste or bread paste: steamed bread paste or bread paste is a common staple food for chicks. Its processing method is: soak steamed bread or bread in warm water until it becomes soft, and then feed it. The advantage is easy to digest. But because its nutrition is mainly carbohydrates, it is simple to use ...
Question 4: Is myna easy to raise? 1. Choice of Birds Myna's feathers are not gorgeous and her voice is not very beautiful, but she is not afraid of people, smart and good at imitating others. Some people spoil myna to let it play with others, but most people listen to it to learn to "talk". Therefore, male and female selection is not strict, and the key is to start feeding from young birds. But some people think that female myna is better at imitating than male myna. According to experience, myna with jade white mouth and orange feet is more "smart" than myna with beige mouth and brown feet.
2. Characteristics of caged birds Birds of the family Yanidae, such as myna and myna, are all caged birds, and the cages are bigger. Because of its miscellaneous eating habits, large appetite and frequent defecation, the bottom of the cage should be bright and there should be a stool board below. In addition, myna has a strong mouth, good health and a strong cage. Generally, the height is 48 cm, the diameter is 36 cm, the strip spacing is 2.2 cm and the strip thickness is 0.4 cm. It can be made of bamboo or lead wire (No.14). A shark skin perches on a pole, a pitcher and a soft food jar, which are deeper, bigger and stronger than ordinary birds.
3. Feeds and feeding methods Adult birds take eggs and rice as the conventional feed, and feed a soft food mixed with meat foam, fruit (cut into small pieces) and powder (with thrush) every morning. The amount is limited to 1-2 hours. Young birds can feed on powder and meat foam by adding water or using bananas to make mud. Feed pellet feed 5-8 times a day. When the birds can eat by themselves, change to soft food, and add eggs and millet when the feathers grow up.
4, management and * * * myna feces are much and smelly, and the bottom of the cage and the feces plate should be cleaned every other day. At the same time, always bathe the birds. You can put myna in a water bath cage and let it bathe by itself, or you can take a shower with a watering can and put it in the sun to dry. Change the water in the kettle every day, because eating soft food often gargles and is easy to pollute.
It is best to teach birds to "talk" from childhood to adulthood, and teach them on an empty stomach every morning and evening. The surrounding environment should be quiet and there should be no noise. If you teach, you should learn one sentence before teaching the second sentence. Give the birds their favorite food every time they make it clear. Like bananas, insects and so on. It needs to be repeated many times. Generally, it takes 3-7 days to learn a sentence, and those who can learn 10 are excellent.
It is easiest to learn to talk with an old bird, and it is faster to let the bird face the mirror when teaching. There is no scientific basis for the statement that myna can only learn to "speak" by doing some operation on her tongue. Because most birds' vocal organs are the branches of the "sound tube" and bronchi located at the lower end of the trachea, they sound through the contraction of the attached muscles, while human vocal cords are at the upper end of the trachea.
Question 5: What if a month-old myna has feathers but can't stand up? When you buy it, the boss will give you a pack of chicken feed, mix it with water and knead it. Eat when you are hungry, don't eat when you are full, don't leave it outside to dry, and remember not to dry it.
Get a box and put it at home. If you want to clean it, just put a soft cloth under it. The lowest can also get a piece of waste paper at the bottom of 20%. Just get a clean soft cloth to play with and put it inside, which will give it a quiet environment to prevent cats and children.
When it is old enough to walk on the ground, it will change its cage even if it has wings. At first, he was a little scared, but he got used to it and got a cloth cover to sleep. When the sun goes down, he will cover it. Cloth cover, go to the place where the cloth is sold and ask the boss to say that I want to make a cloth cover for the bird cage, and people will do it. This material is easy to replace and clean.
At this time, you can practice speaking, take a name and practice from here. If you are stocking, you should be familiar with the places you often go. At first, myna could play and didn't recognize home. If you walk in a cage with it, if you can't do it, you can't catch much. If you catch too many myna, you will peck your hand.
Myna loves meat and rice, but eats little. A little older, she will change her diet, mix chicken feed with ostrich food, and give it ostrich food when it really knows how to eat. Myna likes to take a bath. She only used a bird plate when she was a child. When she was older, she used a basin. Warm water in winter, even if you don't wash it, myna molts and doesn't take a bath. Myna loves to eat, as high as 5 to 10. Eat less, and eating too much is bad for your eyes.
Question 6: How to raise myna? It is recommended to raise myna for 2 months. Myna, of course. Several points of raising myna. To raise myna well, you must choose a cage. Mr. Huang is a shopkeeper who specializes in selling myna, so he has rich experience in raising myna. He said that raising myna should first choose a good cage. There are dome-shaped round cages, flat-topped round cages and dome-shaped square cages. It is best to choose the one with a diameter of about 40 cm and a height. Put a jumping stick, a food bowl, a water bowl, a dung board, a bamboo board for meat and a cage coat in the cage. It is very convenient for myna to peck meat on the bamboo board at ordinary times. In winter, cages can be used to keep out the sun and keep the birds warm. In addition, myna can take a bath every day or every other day in summer, and the cage should be cleaned frequently. Pay attention to cold protection in winter, get more sunshine, and cover the sun with a cage cloth. Young birds must be fed "formula rations" Many citizens follow their myna because they see that others are beautiful and can talk, but the survival rate of their myna is not high. Mr. Huang said that this is mainly because the original breeder did not master the feeding method of chicks. Young birds are fed tofu or eggs and millet every day, duck eggs can be used in summer, and grasshoppers, earthworms, lean meat, bananas and vegetables are given the next day. Chickens are only fed tofu within 7 days, and only 10% tofu within 8-20 days. The rest is fed with millet, eggs and appropriate amount of water, steamed, ground into small fine materials, and then fed with a small amount of tender vegetables, bugs and water. Feed 5% tofu, the rest eggs and millet within 2 1-70 days, and then feed a small amount of tender vegetables, worms and water. During this period, the egg millet changed from 3: 1 to 1: 1, and the proportion of egg yolk further decreased after 70 days. Group feeding is easy to survive. Mr. Hong, a citizen with 10 years experience in raising birds, said that his experience for newly bought chicks is that nesting is easy to survive. Fluffy chicks can be put in paper boxes with some rags in the middle, fed and placed in nests, and the nests are placed in the dark. Chickens had better be fed together in the nest to keep warm. Teacher Hong's cost of feeding birds is relatively high, and the "formula ration" he uses is more suitable for people who really love birds. When the chicks grow up to feed themselves, they are fed with boiled eggs, steamed bread, rice, tofu, insects, eels, frogs, beef or lean pork. Fresh Monopterus albus and frogs can be chopped into minced meat and fed with 3-5 balls at a time until the yield of chickens is all. After feeding, use the dropper to absorb water and feed a little water into its mouth, every 1-2 hours/time. In addition to feeding eggs, rice and drinking water, chicks should also supplement some bait such as egg yolk, lean meat and insects. Don't leave without eating or drinking. When taking birds out in winter, put on a birdcage. Breathe fresh air. Teacher Hong said that myna needs fresh air just like human beings, so she should hang the birdcage in the window or outdoors every morning, breathe 1- 1.5 hours of fresh air, and then take it back to her room to rest and drink water. At noon, put the birdcage into the basin, the water should not be too deep, and the water surface is about 5cm away from the bottom of the cage, so that it can take a bath. Remove the manure board at the bottom of the cage before taking a bath, then hang the manure board at the bottom of the cage on the window or outdoor open cage1-1.5 hours later, and then take it back to the room to rest. Observe that teacher Hong's myna hatched a litter of myna during spawning. He said that after the myna * * * mates, the female bird starts to nest, and at this time, it is necessary to provide nesting materials such as straw. Female birds lay 4-6 eggs per nest, ranging from 1 egg every day or every 2-3 days. After laying all the eggs, the female will hatch the eggs and will not leave the nest box except for eating and excreting. The male bird is responsible for protecting the nest. The whole incubation period is15-18 days; After more than 18 days, the female will refuse to hatch, behave uneasily, fly in and out, and keep singing. Myna brooding is an interesting phenomenon. In the first half month, females usually feed their chicks with pecked bread, and after half a month, males feed them. The chicken's staple food is breadworms and other insects containing calcium and other corresponding minerals. At this time, birdman must provide fresh breadworms to myna in time. Young birds can leave their nests after about 26 days of growth, and they can start to live independently from their parents after about 1 month. A pair of starlings can breed two nests of young birds every year. According to my experience of raising myna for more than ten years, I have a little experience: it may be helpful for you to raise myna. The breeding of myna is relatively simple. It is omnivorous and can be fed with meat, fruit and feed. Key points of myna feeding: 1, feeding: as long as you use mixed feed for chickens and ducks, you can. Myna is a soft eater, and can't feed hard food such as rice, which will cause indigestion. However, it should be noted that foods that are not easy to digest and deteriorate should not be fed. 2. Water feeding: The water quality cannot be polluted, and it must be clean and sanitary, and the water should be changed frequently. It doesn't matter if myna doesn't feed for a day or two, and it won't do without drinking water. 3. Water bath: myna likes to take a bath, and takes a bath every day in summer, but it is sunny and warm in winter ... >>
Question 7: How to raise myna chicks? The selection and breeding of starling chicks is very thoughtful.
Myna birds are quite cheap and common in the market, so the price is very general and suitable for family breeding. Myna can not only learn language, play with its master, but also fly.
As for the breeding and flying of myna, I will talk about my own breeding and training methods.
First, choose young:
I like the brave myna, and it would be better if my friends could choose the hero (just my personal opinion).
How to choose myna who is bold, I personally think it is excellent;
A, for novice friends, it is recommended to buy 15 to 20 days of incubation. It is better for bird vendors to observe, compete for food and ask for food strongly. The mouth should be round, big and loud. Choose such an eight.
B, after choosing a bird, don't take it away in a hurry. Look carefully at whether the bird's eyes are clean, whether its nostrils are open, and whether the feathers near its buttocks are dry and clean. Let Hachi hold your finger, feel the power of Hachi's grip, and see if its claws are intact.
Some friends blindly pursue five white starlings. Personally, I think such a myna is hard to find, so don't have this heart. Birds are all the same after shedding their feathers.
Second, feeding:
Pay attention to the heat preservation work of the eight banners when you take them home. Put the shredded toilet paper in a smaller carton, which should be perforated and ventilated. Putting it in the sun can warm the carton, but don't expose it to the sun for eight hours, which is not good for Hachi's eyes. Later, when myna grew up, she should often bask in the sun, which is beneficial to the calcium absorption of birds.
I have eight data sources:
Chick feed is the main feed. Chick stage: add an egg yolk to the feed, soak it in warm water and cool it to room temperature. Then knead it into a ball and feed it to myna, two at a time. One is half to two-thirds the size of a thumb. Wet myna's throat with a brush before feeding, which will help myna swallow the feed.
When I grow up, I still give priority to feeding. I usually feed more fruits and vegetables, such as apples (cut in half or diced), green leaves, tomatoes, watermelons and so on. I feed lean meat twice a week, not too much at a time. Birds should be raised rough, fed too well, and they will not live long, hehe.
Guide to chicken bathing:
After a month, that is to say, it has been taken home for nearly 20 days. When the hair is cut, it will not be so smooth for the first time. So we can use a method: put myna in the sun until its mouth is wide open, release it and put a pot of water (tap water is enough all year round, and myna's adaptability is still very strong). If the first bath is unsuccessful, don't worry, continue the next day.
Matters needing attention:
Starling can't blow after taking a shower.
If the food or water in the drinking cup is contaminated by bird droppings, it should be replaced immediately.
On summer nights, don't put myna in a room where mosquito-repellent incense is lit or mosquito-repellent drugs are sprayed.
Hang the bird as high as possible to prevent cats and children from doing anything bad to myna.
Don't bathe myna with warm water in winter (tap water is used all year round), so myna is more likely to catch a cold.
Give myna enough sunshine time, because sufficient sunshine is beneficial to myna's absorption of calcium and is very helpful to bird coat color.
Starling has cold symptoms such as sneezing. Don't take medicine in a hurry. Observe for a day first. It's a three-point poison
If there is, don't scare myna with a stick or something. It takes a lot of effort to establish a good relationship in the future.
Salty things can't be fed to birds. Salt is harmful to any bird, which is directly reflected in feathers.
Third, pre-flight training:
First, make myna familiar with the master's voice:
In fact, this is very easy to do. Feed Hachi regularly and quantitatively every day, and call Hachi's name more every time you feed Hachi (do you want to give it a name when you buy it?
Intensive training:
Do it indoors, close the doors and windows, and the family can train together. The host will hide in one place first, and the family will let the myna out (myna had better starve for an hour or two first). The host will start calling myna's name, and myna will ask the host for dinner because it has been hungry for two hours. Hehe, as long as myna finds you, she will be given a small amount of food as a reward, and it is best to use myna's favorite food, such as lean meat.
Myna trusts its owner: ... >>
Question 8: How to raise myna at ordinary times? Myna's feathers are not gorgeous and her voice is not very beautiful, but she is not afraid of people, smart and good at imitating others. Some people spoil myna to let it play with others, but most people listen to it to learn to "talk". Therefore, male and female selection is not strict, and the key is to start feeding from young birds. But some people think that female myna is better at imitating than male myna. According to experience, myna with jade white mouth and orange feet is more "smart" than myna with beige mouth and brown feet.
Feeding: Adult birds take eggs and rice as routine feed, and feed them with meat foam, fruit (cut into small pieces) and powder (with thrush) to a soft food jar every morning, and the amount is limited to 1-2 hours. Young birds can feed on powder and meat foam by adding water or using bananas to make mud. Feed pellet feed 5-8 times a day. When birds can eat by themselves, chickens become soft food, and eggs and millet are added when feathers grow up.
Hygiene: myna has a lot of feces and smells bad. It needs to clean the cage bottom and the feces supporting plate every other day. At the same time, always bathe the birds. You can put myna in a water bath cage and let it bathe by itself, or you can take a shower with a watering can and put it in the sun to dry. Change the water in the kettle every day, because eating soft food often gargles and is easy to pollute.
Education: It is best to teach birds to "talk" from young children to adults, and teach them on an empty stomach every morning and evening. The surrounding environment should be quiet and there should be no noise. If you teach, you should learn one sentence before teaching the second sentence. Give the birds their favorite food every time they make it clear. Like bananas, insects and so on. It needs to be repeated many times. Generally, it takes 3-7 days to learn a sentence, and those who can learn 10 are excellent.